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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Ohio man who held 3 women captive in his home commits suicide in prison

The Ohio man who held three women captive in his home for nearly a decade
before one escaped and alerted authorities has committed suicide in prison.

Ariel
Castro, 53, was found hanging in his cell around 9:20 p.m. yesterday Tuesday September 3rd at
the Correctional Reception Center in Orient,
in central Ohio. A spokeswoman for the prison said early today that prison medical staff performed CPR before Castro was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 10:50 p.m.

The women he imprisoned for years - from left Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight

He
was in protective custody because of the notoriety of his case, meaning
he was checked every 30 minutes, but was not on suicide watch, the prison spokeswoman said. She said suicide watch entails constant observation.

Castro
was also watched closely in Cuyahoga County Jail in the several weeks
after his arrest and before his case was resolved by a guilty plea, with
logs noting his activity every 10 minutes. He was taken off county jail
suicide watch in early June after authorities determined he was not a
suicide risk.

The three women disappeared separately between 2002 and 2004, when
they were 14, 16 and 20 years old. They escaped from Castro's Cleveland
home May 6, when Amanda Berry, one of the women, broke part of a door
and yelled to neighbors for help.

"Help me," she said in a 911 call. "I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for 10 years and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now."

The
two other women were so scared of Castro that they held back initially
even as police officers began to swarm the house. But quickly they
realized they were free.

"You saved us! You saved us!" another of the captives, Michelle Knight, told an officer as she leaped into his arms.

Castro
was arrested that evening. He had also fathered a child with Berry
while she was in captivity; that girl was 6 years old when freed. A
judge rejected Castro's request to have visiting rights with his
daughter.

Elation over the women's rescue soon turned to shock as
details emerged about conditions of their captivity. Investigators say
they were bound with chains, repeatedly raped and deprived of food and
bathroom facilities. Knight told investigators she was beaten and
starved several times to force her to miscarry.

Castro was sentenced Aug. 1 to life in prison plus 1,000 years on his guilty plea to 937 counts including kidnapping and rape.

In a rambling statement, he told the judge he was not a monster but a man suffering from a pornography addiction.
"I'm not a monster. I'm sick," Castro said at his sentencing.
Knight was the only one of the three who appeared in court at his sentencing.
"You
took 11 years of my life away, and I have got it back," she said in the
hushed courtroom. "I spent 11 years in hell. Now your hell is just
beginning."

97 comments:

When you read about stories like this, you can't help but be startled! The cartoon character Scooby Doo taught us that the real monster are humans. How true! Humans these days are just monsters! Good riddance!!

The guy is demon possessed. How will u hold 3 women captives just bcos of pussy? If pussy hungry u 2 much why u no go carry ashewo pay her money? Carry as much as u like as long as u get the money instead of holding innocent girls. U don meet ur doom at last.

*mouth agape, eyes wide open* so death is beta for d beast than having t spend a lifetime in prison... Wot a world! Wish u died a slow, painful death- an electric chair would hav jus bn fine f ds Castro of a psycho.

WHAT???? I Drive by that house of horrors a few times a week and i still get jittery and scared. Cant believe he killed himself. This evil man kept those 3 girls chained up and was having sex with them anyhow. Even had a baby with one of them. These girls did not see daylight for 10 whole years! I am still so scared of people like him. Na wa o

What is really funny is one of those girls may have feelings for him and actually cry about his death. I read about another bastard like him in Europe whom the girl he held captive cried and cried when he died? *bbm surprised smiley* someone held you against your will for decades, did not let you see the light of day, raped you over and over and even beat you up, but you cry when he died? women sha. We can be weak

Hmmm! Most of the crime committed in this world are by men! Imagine a world without men, no crime and lots of happy fat women. SMH! And for those of you who will have my time to counter me, remember a Tiger doesn't lose sleep over the opinion of a Sheep! I'm out!!!

The coward held 3 teenagers captive for over 10years&he couldn't take a few months in prison? Well, the one good thing about this, is that Taxpayers' dollars is not wasted on him forever! He couldn't wait to get to hell!!! Adiós.

Its a pity,he took his life.the man is mean,i remember reading the story sometime in June when the ladies were discovered and i wept for them,i cant even imagine how he managed to keep them hidden for ten(10) years in a country like America.its only God that actually knew what happened to him in that prison,he should haved lived to know the pain of incarceration,at least feel the pain of what those ladies went through.miss Ikeji welldone for the good job u're doing,may God crown ur effort wt success.HENRIETTA O.

I can't believe dat a human being wt a human hrt could do such a curel thing, may be he do not even hav an iota of conscience! To him if actually he comitted d sucide levelled aganist him dat death would be a better option but dat's a lie b/cos surely hell ȋ̝̊̅§ d best way for having captivited those women 4rm both their luved ones $ 10 yrs ☺f̶̲̥̅̊ their life!

He wanted to die by his own hands than death sentence passed on him. wicked and smart. He wanted to go to hell from the beginning knowing that it might take years b/4 he is killed thus he Pleaded guilty to all the charges. The devil will welcome him to hell. He will be their chief of demons. Rot in hell castro.

You must be referring to Girl in the Cellar; The story of Natascha Kampush who was abducted and held captive for 8 years in a basement by Wolgang Priklopil in Austria.There is actually more to the story than she ever let on.They went shopping together and even took a sking trip. She may have fallen in love with him at a point. Their relationship might even have been sexual. Although she never admitted to being molested by him. She was diagonised with stockholm syndrome after her escape.

U are a sorry product of ur generation.go and read details of the story. Google Is ur best friend. Then tell me how u wd have escaped if u were them. They feared for their life every single day. Ode.idiot